Arranged in staggered rows, like the squares of a chequerboard.
chinquapins
chinquapins
noun
plural of chinquapin
chloroquine
chloroquine
noun
(pharmacology) A 4-aminoquinoline drug used to treat and prevent malaria, having the chemical formula C₁₈H₂₆ClN₃.
chontaquiro
discotheque
discotheque
noun
(slightly dated) A nightclub where dancing takes place.
equerryship
equerryship
noun
The state or business of an equerry.
esquireship
esquireship
noun
The position or office of an esquire.
harlequinic
harlequinic
adj
Of or relating to a harlequin (pantomime fool).
hindquarter
hindquarter
noun
(in the plural) The hind biped (leg) of a quadruped, or all body parts situated behind the hind legs' trunk-attachment.
(metonymically, derogatory, usually in the plural) Human behind, butt.
Either rear half of a side of beef, mutton, veal, lamb or by extension from another edible mammal.
holoquinoid
hydroquinol
liquorishly
marquisship
marquisship
noun
A marquisate.
monchiquite
monchiquite
noun
(mineralogy) A black, basaltic igneous rock consisting of a ground mass of automorphic augite and magnetite with many embedded phenocrysts, usually of olivine.
mosquitoish
mosquitoish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a mosquito.
quadrichord
quadrichord
noun
(obsolete, music) tetrachord
quakerishly
qualityship
quebrachine
quebrachine
noun
An alkaloid, probably identical to yohimbine, from the quebracho tree
quebrachite
queenfishes
queenfishes
noun
plural of queenfish
questorship
questorship
noun
Alternative form of quaestorship
quillfishes
quillfishes
noun
plural of quillfish
quinhydrone
quinhydrone
noun
(chemistry) a molecular complex of a quinone and its corresponding hydroquinone
quirquincho
quirquincho
noun
(archaic) The armadillo.
quondamship
quondamship
noun
(obsolete, rare) The property of being former, no longer current.
squashiness
squashiness
noun
The state or condition of being squashy.
squawfishes
squawfishes
noun
plural of squawfish
squeamishly
squeamishly
adv
In a squeamish manner.
squelchiest
squelchiest
adj
superlative form of squelchy: most squelchy
squirarchal
squirearchy
squirearchy
noun
The landowning gentry.
squirrelish
squirrelish
adj
Squirrel-like; having qualities associated with squirrels.
